Word: 60s
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...life) is an experience every woman goes through, if she lives long enough. In the U.S. about 13 million women between 40 and 55 are now experiencing, or about to begin, the menopause. Men go through a change of life too, but usually in their late 50s and 60s, and the experience is more emotional than physical. However, men sometimes have ' "typical menopausal symptoms like loss of energy, assorted aches and pains, even the famous hot flash...
...serious; he may still be admired in a cafe if not in a museum and his hopes for the future are treated with respect. France's best painters-Picasso, Matisse, Rouault, Chagall, Braque, Utrillo, Derain, Dufy, Vlaminck and Léger-are all in their 60s and 70s. These young-old men are still the Alps of the modern art world...
...story told by Biographer Derek Hudson is a tragic one. Tupper had his success young. In the '60s the public outgrew him, and he became a figure of fun. As people began to snicker, other disasters struck him too. He lost his savings in speculations. His publishers went bankrupt and failed to pay him. His wife became an alcoholic and was out of her head for a time. His eldest son ran hugely into debt, was kicked out of the army, and almost broke Tupper's heart when he was found suffering from delirium tremens in a prostitute...
...Flinching. In his 60s Smith was once rummaging through a bookstore when he met a clerk who shared his enthusiasm for the writings of 17th Century Jeremy Taylor. Bound by this quirk of taste, the old littérateur and the young clerk became close friends. After 17 years as Smith's apprentice and companion, that clerk, Robert Gathorne-Hardy, has written a fascinating memoir of his master's life...
...Moody Jr. of Galveston. Moody is a wispy, somber oldster who in his 80s dresses always in black, treats men in their 60s as youngsters. He controls banks, newspapers, a large insurance company, vast ranching interests and oil holdings. He has a dead eye for duck shooting, and runs Galveston...